1960s
Vincent Price’s WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 24, 2019 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Horror, Fantasy, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s, Actors
Bette Davis Sings
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 18, 2019 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Follies of the Madmen #421
Perfect today for our climate-change world!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 07, 2019 -
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Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Business, Advertising, Nature, 1960s, Alcohol
Crucified by his wife
The strange case of Daniel Waswa, a member of the Dini ya msambwa sect, who imagined that God had ordered him to die on the cross “for the sins of all Kenyans.” So he had his wife nail him to a cross, which she did. She then promptly dropped dead (of shock?). As for him:I'd never heard of the Dini ya msambwa sect before, but some googling reveals that the name is better translated as "Religion of the Ancestral Customs" (not Creed of the Cross). It was founded by Elijah Masinde. The stories about Waswa make it sound like a radical Christian cult, but Wikipedia defines it as "an African traditional religion that has been labeled an anti-colonial religion."
The Ottawa Citizen - Oct 29, 1965
San Bernardino County Sun - Jan 7, 1966
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 06, 2019 -
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Category: Religion, 1960s
Gateway Drug
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 06, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Drugs, Candy, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Wisconsin Queens
A bevy of contest winners from Wisconsin, including "Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 05, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, 1950s, 1960s
The Hero Thrill Show Queens
"Hero Scholarship Thrill Show Queen competitors [1969] Carolyn McNish and JoAnne Bream are crowned by Police Captain Philip Baumgardner, Fairmount Park Lt. Joseph Salamone and Deputy Fire Chief Frank Bowen."
"Northeast Regional finalists for Thrill Show queen [1974] are Denise Needham, nominated by the police department, and Sandra Hartman nominated by the fire department. Standing are John Craig, chief police inspector, and Martin Preite, deputy fire chief."
What is the "Hero Thrill Show?" Their Wikipedia page has the answer.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 31, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Law, Regionalism, 1960s, 1970s
Go! Go! Go!
Speeded up stuff is inherently weird.Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 23, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Crowds, Groups, Mobs and Other Mass Movements, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Movies, Special Effects, 1960s
1968 Seatbelt PSA
Nice to see that despite being horribly scarred for life, she has maintained her mascara, eyeliner and lashes.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 22, 2019 -
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Category: Accidents, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Motor Vehicles, PSA’s, 1960s, Face and Facial Expressions
The Great Toy Robbery
The Great Toy Robbery, Jeff Hale, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 18, 2019 -
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Category: Crime, Holidays, Cartoons, 1960s
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